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Carpeaux

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[kahr-poh, kar-poh] / kɑrˈpoʊ, karˈpoʊ /

noun

  1. Jean Baptiste 1827–75, French sculptor.


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For the rest of that day, I pondered the fate of the nameless model, and how she became a subject for Carpeaux.

From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2022

Does our looking simply extend the exploitation that Carpeaux both dramatizes and indulges?

From Washington Post • May 14, 2022

The plaster appears as a void bounded by the famous, anguished face, and suggests both the desire and futility of any effort to get “inside” the head of the unknown figure who modeled for Carpeaux.

From Washington Post • May 14, 2022

A third, the polemically pungent “Fictions of Emancipation: Carpeaux Recast,” now joins them.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2022

No ecstasies about the sculptures of Jean Goujon and Carpeaux, or about the marvellous harmony of the East facade!

From The Roll-Call by Bennett, Arnold

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